HALIFAXHOPS

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About Me:I have started a small Hops farm in central PA (200 plants and growing) to bring Hops back to the east coast 2011 I should have around 15 varieties available for sale in the fall. Rhizomes in the spring. Due to my handicap I will only offer rhizomes in the spring if able.

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Picking/Harvesting Hops questionsNot to much you can do if you go as big as I am reading. The picking is the first part you have
to deal with then the drying is a whole different challenge to get them to 10% or less. I tried
to reach...

Picking/Harvesting Hops questionsI tried the blower stuff and could not get it right. The two fence idea is a good one because
the cones should pull off before the leave. Have you ever harvested any hops yet by hand? Aond
it is so mu...

Picking/Harvesting Hops questionsMine is the front out of a combine. There is a farm equipment salvage yard close by and the
owner and I went looking around to see what might work, I did not find anything. The next time
I went there ...

Picking/Harvesting Hops questionsGVH Dan has one they manufacture or it sounds like you will try to do what did. Look in my pics
and there is a old thread some where of the Hops picker I made. It is called HOPSZILLA! Works
ok but sti...

Did I hurt my hops rhizomesYou should be ok if they did not feel "soft" I have the same weather over here but up around
800' in elevation.

Steel gas pipe as "pole" for hops?You are doing it like a teepee style for limited space I am assuming? If so you can just cement
the bottom of the pole in the ground about 2' or so. You probably will not have to use any sort
of guy w...